Gangster - fiction writers long ago planted the myth about a "code of the underworld." Succeeding generations of the same literary school tenderly nourished the myth, and romantic readers have cherished and perpetuated it.View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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A version of this archives appears in print on March 16, 1952, on Page E12 of the New York edition with the headline: SCHUSTER KILLER OBEYED NO UNDERWORLD 'CODE'; Self-Preservation, Not Revenge, Is Ruling Tenet Among Criminals. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe